The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-10

den exploration on section twenty-one,
1882, has arrived and IL being put in
order. A shaft has been commenced
which Ia now only down about fift-vn
feet. This option is about east of the
Great Western mine and IL Is for the
Scadden are working. The ground here
IL all sand and it is expected that one
hundred and forty feet OF this material
will have to be penetrated before the
ledge Is encountered. There Is differ
ence OF opinion as to whether the ore
will be found at the point where work
has been commenced some are prone to
give the opinion that the ore body land
there can be no question but that such
does exist there or close by) lies consid-
erably TO the south, or on n strait line
with the Great Western vein. Richard
Lahore, In charge OF the exploratory
work, is quite confident that the vein
hugs the swamp lying TO the north,
which seems very plausible from the fact
that IL IL characteristic OF the vein. The
option covers considerable ground both
north and south OF the pit now being put
down and II this pit does not penetrate
the ore IL Ia only a question Of time when
mine will be opened up on heproperty.
The writer visited ID. G. Lockwood's
exploration on the west half OF section
twenty-nine, 1892, on Thursday after
noon. At present the men are engaged
in sinking pit on the south ride OF the
valley and after going twenty-five feet
got into the ledge, which il banded ore and
jasper, on one side and red states on the
other. Early this year a pit was put down
on the north side of the valley, which
after going down a considerable depth
encountered black states which are sup
posed to be the foot wall and the red
states TO the south will be the hanging wall
The distance between these pits il two
hundred feet and il a body OF ore il found
ii will be large one. A pit in at once to
be commenced one hundred feet north OF
the one now being worked and which tits
thought will bottom on the true vein OF
ore. The surface is about thirty feet
deep. The indications OF the existence OF
n large body Of ore here are the very best.
Mr.. Lockwood Ia very sanguine that the
new shaft will bottom on the clean ore.
We have been informed that the Mac
Kinnon Bros, have disposed Of their in
terest in the lease of the Beta mine to
some Chicago parties, who with Mr.. Me-
Donald are now the owners. Capt. Josh
May has been quite successful In develop
ing the mine this season, and ii IN now
looking better than ever. AT one time
the vein was supposed To be pinching out
but Capt. May followed il up to the
northeast and it soon began to widen
out, until now il In splendid looking
vein OF better class OF ore than that
found in the first pit. A new shaft has
been sunk into the large vein through
which the ore is hoisted. Work il also
continued to the southwest where the
vein is apparently pinching out, TO see II
IL does not widen there also. The mine
will not he worked very vigorously until
this winter as il is impossible TO contract
Tor shipping any more ore this season
than they have mined now or can mine
with present force.-Reporter.
The new shaft at the east end Oh the
Great Western mine is progressing very
hivorably, though slowly. The shaft is
being sunk through sand which necessi-
tates timbering before the earth is re-
moved. Timbering il being done with a
pile driver, and IA the sand ~ very hard,
almost equal To hard pan, the work goes
on rather slowly. From two TO six piles
are driven daily and oftimes they are
broken i'm driving which occasions an
aegrevating delay. The piles are twenty
two feet long and when the set is com
pleted the sand will be removed to the
bottom OF these and another set put In
and so on until the ledge il reached. The
surface is supposed to have depth OF
forty-two feet.
IL has been rumored that the Paint
River niue is soon To resume shipping
again, but just how near the rumor APP
proaches the truth is not known. The
management has very little 90 say re-
garding the affairs OF the mine and IL ID
quite probable that the story has very
frail foundation IL any mt all. The man
agement OF course have reasons for not
shipping, but they are not apparent To
the casual observer, as the mine never
looked better than now and 1t may he
that the property is being placed in such
shape ~ TO permit OF a large out put
next year. The Paint is looked up 20 as
one OF the leading mines in this district
The shaft at the Fairbanks mine has
attained a depth OF over ninty feet, but
not much work IL being done under
ground Mt present, by reason of trouble
experienced by water and the inability
OF the present pumping facilities TO keep
the mine dry. This drawback ~ soon
Co be remedied and the mine will then be
opened with all possible speed. The shaft
is now i'm ore OF q very fair quality which
cannot help but be clean with a lew more
feet OF sinking. Capt. Frank Raher has
assumed charge OF the mine and VIII m
time show the work OF his master hand
in it's development.
The machinery for the Monitor mine
has arrived and Ia being placed IN posi-
ton as rapidly ~ possible. Ground ~
being broken Cor an engine house AND
soon the Monitor viii have sounded its